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SEO

If there’s one topic we can’t stop writing about, it’s SEO. Dive into an epic amount of SEO help, guides and advice that even the least techiest small business can get their teeth into

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Ecommerce, SEO

8 homepage SEO tips for online shops

How to get your ecommerce website to appear in more Google searches
26 March 2024
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Blogging, SEO

Blog SEO: 41 content ideas for your listicle

The best blog for peeps who don't know what to blog about
21 December 2023
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SEO

7 SEO-boosting actions to boff out during a slow summer

Give your SEO a little TLC and watch how your website traffic grows.
19 June 2023
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SEO

7 simple and free SEO backlink building tips using only your existing contacts and relationships

1 November 2022
SEO

6 all-too-common ways launching a new website can tank your SEO

15 October 2022
SEO

How working with bloggers helps a small business website’s SEO

22 June 2022
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SEO

7 FREE SEO tools I check when someone tells me their SEO sucks

4 August 2021
Blogging, Marketing, SEO

5 local Bristol bloggers who love collaborating with small businesses

23 July 2021
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SEO

3 basic reasons why Linktree is still bad for SEO

Here's why Linktree is just not going to get your small business any brownie points. We'll even go as far as saying it's taking the brownies away :(
29 January 2021
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Blogging, SEO

7 easy tips and tricks for writing longer blogs

31 May 2020
Blogging, SEO

Blogging SEO: 7 tweaks to optimise a blog for more Google searches

1 May 2020
SEO

7 reasons why now is the right time to start blogging for your small business

30 March 2020
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SEO

The words we ban from our WordPress website to stop spam comments

No thanks to spammers and scammers seeding links to their own websites from ours.
27 March 2020
SEO

5 super quick steps to manage your website images and improve your SEO

8 May 2018
SEO

Perfecting a creative small business homepage (Part One: SEO)

26 March 2018
SEO

Improving the SEO of the Chroma Stationery blog (Part Two)

12 February 2018
SEO

Chroma Stationery owner Gabi asks “How can I improve the SEO for my blog?” (Part One)

12 February 2018
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SEO

Why Linktree is bad for SEO (and an alternative for your small business website)

3 January 2018
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